Hunt, David
Former Physical / Forensic Anthropologist
Hunt, David
Former Physical / Forensic Anthropologist
Human variation, skeletal biology, forensic anthropology, human mummies of the world.
Positions
- Former Museum Specialist, National Museum of Natural History 1990 - 2021
Background And Education
Education And Training
Awards And Honors
- US Attorney General’s Citizen Volunteer Service Award, conferred by U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office , 2020
- Recognition of Expert Service , conferred by US Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection , 2019
- NMNH Peer Recognition Award, 2017
- Washington Roots Award , conferred by Washington Historical Society, 2013
- District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation, conferred by District of Columbia, Office of Planning , 2010
- Diplomate, conferred by American Board of Forensic Anthropologists, 1999
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Adapting in the Arctic: Habitual activity and landscape interaction in Late Holocene hunter-gatherers from Alaska. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2021
- Thompson, Randall C., Thompson, Elaine C., Narula, Navneet, Wann, L. Samuel, Kwong, Ian, Sutherland, M. Linda, Sutherland, James D., Narula, Jagat, Allam, Adel H., France, Christine A. M., Michalik, David E., Lunde, Darrin, Finch, Caleb E., Hunt, David R., and Frohlich, Bruno. 2021. "Imaging atherosclerosis in great apes." Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging, 14, (6) 1275–1277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.10.022. 2021
- Tracking down the White Plague. Chapter three: Revision of endocranial abnormally pronounced digital impressions as paleopathological diagnostic criteria for tuberculous meningitis. Plos One. 16. 2021
- Did Neandertals have large brains? Factors affecting endocranial volume comparisons. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. e24124-e24124. 2020
- Evaluating life history trade-offs through the presence of linear enamel hypoplasia at Pueblo Bonito and Hawikku: A biocultural study of early life stress and survival in the Ancestral Pueblo Southwest. American Journal of Human Biology. Article e23506. 2020
- Tracking down the White Plague. Chapter two: The role of endocranial abnormal blood vessel impressions and periosteal appositions in the paleopathological diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Plos One. 15:Article e0238444. 2020
- Tracking down the White Plague: The skeletal evidence of tuberculous meningitis in the Robert J. Terry Anatomical Skeletal Collection. Plos One. 15. 2020
- Non-metric traits and anatomical variants that can mimic trauma in the human skeleton. Forensic science international. 301:202-224. 2019
- Rare manifestations of spinal tuberculosis in the Robert J. Terry Anatomical Skeletal Collection (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 28:343-353. 2018
- Pathological conditions as individualizing traits in a forensic context 2017
- Rapid development of secondary hyperparathyroidism and fibrous osteodystrophy in a juvenile orangutan. International Journal of Paleopathology. 13:96-99. 2016
- Littleton, Judith, Amgalantugs, Tsend, Karstens, Sarah, Pearlstein, Kristin, Carroll, B., Hunt, David R., Delgermaa, Lkhagvadorj, and Frohlich, Bruno. 2015. "Human remains from bronze age Khirigsuurs in Khuvsgul: a preliminary description." Studia Archaeologica 35 (3):1-12. 2015
- A Companion to Forensic Anthropology, edited by Dennis Dirkmaat. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 153:323-324. 2014
- Temporal trends in femoral diaphyseal torsional asymmetry among the Arikara associated with postural behavior: Temporal Trends in Femoral Torsion Among The Arikara. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 154:512-524. 2014
- Walsh, Jane M. and Hunt, David R. 2013. "The Fourth Skull: A Tale of Authenticity and Fraud." The Appendix: A New Journal of Narrative & Experimental History, 1, (2). 2013
- The biological anthropology database legacy of Richard L. Jantz. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Supl. 56:154-155. 2013
- A Child's Mummy. AnthroNotes. 33:6-9. 2012
- Turner, Bethany L., Zuckerman, Molly K., Garofalo, Evan M., Wilson, Andrew, Kamenov, George D., Hunt, David R., Amgalantugs, Tsend, and Frohlich, Bruno. 2012. "Diet and Death in times of war: Isotopic and osteological analysis of mummified human remains from southern Mongolia." Journal of Archaeological Science 39 (10):3125-3140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.053 2012
- Intercondylar Eminences and Their Effect on the Maximum Length Measure of the Tibia. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 55:145-148. 2010
- Metric assessment if the human bicondylar angle. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 50:239-240. 2010
- Traumatic lesions and other pathological conditions observed in subadult human remains from Chaco Canyon. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 50:163. 2010
- Chin size and its relationship to facial prognathism in humans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 93-93. 2008
- Zuckerman, M. K., Turner, Benjamin L., Carlson, B. A., Kingston, J. D., Armelagosi, G. J., Hunt, David R., Amgalantugs, T., and Frohlich, Bruno. 2008. "Diet and disease in times of war: Analysis of mummified human remains from Southern Mongolia c. 1300-1350 AD." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 229-229. 2008
- History and demographic profile of the George S. Huntington collection at the Smithsonian Institution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 121-122. 2008
- Turner, Benjamin L., Zuckerman, M. K., Carlson, B. A., Kingston, J. D., Armelagos, G. J., Hunt, David R., Amgalantugs, T., and Frohlich, Bruno. 2008. "Prisoners of war or victims of raids? Population dynamics and their relationship to dynastic upheaval in southern Mongolia c. 1300-1350 AD." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 210-210. 2008
- Frohlich, Bruno, Hunt, David R., Falkowski, B., Chambers, R., Garofalo, E., and Zuckerman, M. 2007. "Mummified human remains from the Gobi desert: Reconstruction and evaluation." in VI World Congress on Mummy Studies, edited by Pena, P. A. and Rodriguez, A. R., 73. Program and Abstracts; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 2007
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Book
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Chapter
- Hunt, David R. 2016. "James Smithson's Remains: A Biological Perspective." In Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts. Arnoldi, Mary Jo, editor. 29–45. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2016
- Hunt, David R. 2014. "Applying technology to interpretation. Prototype accuracy and reassembly." In Kennewick Mann. The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L., editors. 429–444. College Station: Texas A & M University Press. 2014
- Lucile E. St. Hoyme (1924-2001). 197-201. 2012
- Frohlich, Bruno, Amgalantugs, Tugsuu, Hunt, David R., Falkowski, Blaise, Chambers, Robert, Achenbach, Paris, and Betz, Barbara. 2010. "Khitan Empire mummy: The reconstruction and evaluation of a violent death in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia." in Dugui tsakhiryn khadny orshuulga : (X-XII zuun), edited by Erdenebat, Ulambaiaryn, Amartuvshin, Chunagiin, and TSeveendorzh, Damdinsurengiin., 182-213. Bembi San. 2010
- Frohlich, Bruno, Amgalantugs, Tugsuu, Littleton, Judith, Galbat, Galdan, Hunt, David R., Nittler, Elizabeth, Karstens, Sarah, Frohlich, Thomas, and Batchatar, Erdene. 2010. "Theories and hypotheses pertaining to Mongolian Bronze Age khirigsuurs in Hovsgol amaig, Mongolia." In American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2009. Fitzhugh, William W. and Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, editors. 195–210. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Arctic Studies Center. 2010
- Frohlich, Bruno, Amgalantugs, Tsend, Hunt, David R., Hinton, Janine, and Batshatar, Erdene. 2009. "Forensics in the Gobi: the mummies of Hets Mountain cave." In Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Fitzhugh, William W., Rossabi, Morris, and Honeychurch, William, editors. 254–261. Media, Pennsylvania; Washington, DC: Dino Don: Mongolian Preservation Foundation; Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution. 2009
- History and Collections of the Division of Physical Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 149-178. 2008
- Hunt, David R., Falkowski, B., and Frohlich, Bruno. 2007. "Application of computed tomography in studying cast-iron coffins from 19th century USA." in VI World Congress on Mummy Studies, edited by Pena, P. A. and Rodriguez, A. R., 178. Program and Abstracts; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 2007
- Hunt, David R., Frohlich, Bruno, and Falkowski, B. 2007. "Non-destructive documentation of trauma in human mummified remains from the Gobi desert. Bio-archeological interpretation." in VI World Congress on Mummy Studies, edited by Pena, P. A. and Rodriguez, A. R., 259. Program and Abstracts; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 2007
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Conference Paper
- Frohlich, Bruno, Amgalantugs, Tsend, Hunt, David R., and Pearlstein, Kristin. 2011. "Crime and Punishment: A reconstruction of mortuary practices in Nomadic Mongolia, based on the study of human burials from 3000 BP (Bronze Age) to AD 1700 (Ming Dynasty)." In , June 12, 2011, 123-123. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division. 2011
- Frohlich, Bruno, Amgalantögs, Tsend, Littleton, Judith, Hunt, David R., Hinton, Janine, and Goler, Kellyn. 2009. "Bronze age burial mounds in the Khovsgul aimag, Mongolia." from Current archaeological research in Mongolia : papers from the First International Conference on "Archaeological Research in Mongolia". 99–115. (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) 2007-08-20. Bonn, Germany: Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie, Rheinische Fredrich-Wilhelms-Universtät Bonn. 2009
- Hunt, David R., Frohlich, Bruno, and Falkowski, Blaise. 2008. "Computerized tomographic imaging of human remains inside 19th Century iron coffins." In , February 20, 2007, Academia Canaria de la Historia. 2008
- Frohlich, Bruno, Zuckerman, Molly K., Amgalantugs, T., Hunt, David R., Wilson, Andrew S., Gilbert, M. T. P., Coyle, H. M., Batchatar, E., Falkowski, Blaise, and Garofalo, E. M. 2008. "Human mummified remains from the Gobi Desert: current progress in reconstruction and evaluation." In , February 20, 2007, 17-26. Academia Canaria de la Historia. 2008
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Dataset
- Hunt, David R., Dollas, Niovi, and DiMichele, Daniel. 2019. [Dataset] Robert J. Terry Anatomical Human Skeletal Collection database. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution, Department of Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.25573/data.c.4809534. 2019
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Webpage
- Hunt, David R. and DiMichele, Daniel. 2015. Terry Collection Postcranial Osteometric database. 2015
Activities
Teaching Activities
- Advanced Human Osteology Instructor 1996 -
- Forensic Anthropology Instructor 1993 - 2016
Affiliation
Member Of
- American Association of Physical Anthropologists Life Member 1976 -
- NMNH - Dept. of Anthropology
Attended Event
- International Mummy Congress 1991 -
Contact
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
Mailing Address
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Department of Anthropology / MRC112
National Museum of Natural History
10th and Constitution Ave, NW
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20013-7012
